Die for compressing soap around an anchor



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FREELAND w. osTRoM, or BRIDCEPCRT, CONNECTICUT.

DIE FOR COMPRESSING SOAP AROUND AN ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,031, dated August12, 1890.-

Applicetion led August 23, 1889. Serial No. 321,755. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FREELAND W. OSTROM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Diesfor Compressing Soap Around an Anchor; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention has reference to the construction of dies for use incompressing soap around a suitable anchor, the latter being providedwith an eye which extends laterally beyond the cake of soap, whereby thesoap may be attached to a chain, string, or the like as a precautionagainst theft, loss, dsc.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation showingmy vdies in operative position, a cake of soap lying upon the lower diepreparatory to being compressed; Fig. 2, a similar View showing the soapcompressed between the dies; Fig. 3, a plan of the die-box within whichthe dies are operated; Fig. et, a perspective showing the relativeposition of the dies prior to'their operation, and also the contour oftheir faces; Fig. 5, a sectional elevation of my invention, showing anauxiliary guide for the anchoreyes, both dies being provided with finsadapted to travel within the eye-guide; Fig. a detail perspective of theauxiliary eyeguide, and Fig. 7 a detail perspective of the die-box. V

Similar letters denote like parts in the several iigures of thedrawings.

A is the upper die, of any suitable shape and secured, as by a set-screwB, tot-he ordinary plunger C. i

D is the die-box mounted on a bed E and having a vertical groove F.

G is the lower die within said box, and H is the usual drive-rod beneathsaid die, and by means of which the latter may be elevated Within thebox.

In preparing the soap for compression between the dies the anchor I isthrust through the soap cake, so that the hook or eye J projects beyondsaid cake, the soap being of course in a green and plastic state. A cakeof soap `hns provided with an anchor is placed upon the lower die withthe anchoreye extending in a vertical plane within the groove F, as isclearly shown at Fig. l. The dies are now operated by the ordinarypowerpress mechanism (not shown) to compress the soap within thedie-box, as shown at Fig. 2. Vhile the soap is being carried by the diesthe eye .I will travel unobstructed within the groove F.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the groove in the die-box chamfered at the top,in order to insure the free passage of the anchor-eye within the groove;but both this chamfering and the auxiliary guide are precautionary anddecidedly not essential, and I do not therefore wish to be limited orcircumscribed thereby.

y The dies may be provided with iins L, extending within the groove F,for the purpose of affording cleaners for said groove, as shown at Fig.5.

Of course the shape of the dies and box is immaterial, and may bechanged without departing from the spirit of my invention, the

gist of which resides in the broad idea of two compressingdies operatingwithin a die-box, said box or dies being` notched or recessed toaccommodate the anchor-eye.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described means for compressing soap around an internalanchor having an eye projecting outwardly from the soap, the sameconsisting of a lower and upper die, and a die-box within which saiddies are operated, said box having a vertical longitudinal recess toaccommodate the anchor-eye during the compression and vertical movementof the soap cake between said dies, substantially as shown and setforth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREELAND W. O STROM.

